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'''Operation Solomon''' was a 1991 operation to bring [[Ethiopia|Ethiopian]] [[Jews]] to [[Israel]].
The regime of [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] was under attack by Eritrean and Tigrean rebels. In May 1991 the rebels forced Mengistu to flee and they took the capital. In order to protect the Jews of Ethiopia, the [[Likud]] government of [[Yitzhak Shamir]] and the [[IDF]] planned to airlift the Jewish population to Israel.
The government of Israel authorized a special permit for the Israeli airline, [[El Al]], to fly on the Jewish [[Sabbath]]. On Friday, May 24 a massive airlift began and continued non-stop for 36 hours. In total there were 34 El Al jumbo jets and Hercules C-130s, with seats removed to hold the maximum passengers, involved in the operation.
In the end, a total of 14,324 Ethiopian Jews were rescued and resettled in Israel. Operation Solomon rescued twice the number of Jews than [[Operation Moses]] and [[Operation Joshua]] combined.
== References ==
*[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/ejhist.html#operation2 Jewish Virtual Library]
== See also ==
*[[Operation Moses]]
*[[Operation Joshua]]
*[[Aliyah]]
[[category:Operations to rescue Jews]]